April 13, 2021
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Virtual | Free | Registration required
The Riverwood Poetry Series

Waking Up to the Earth: Connecticut Poets in a Time of Global Climate Crisis

Join Connecticut poets Robert Cording, Joan Hofmann, Pegi Dietz Shea, Carol Chaput, Michael “Chief” Peterson, Pat Hale, Debbie Gilbert, Luisa Caycedo-Kimura, Julia Paul, Jim Finnegan, Aaron Caycedo-Kimura, Jon Andersen and Margaret Gibson for readings from Waking Up to the Earth followed by a discussion and Q & A.

April 22, 2021
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Virtual | Free | Registration required

Connecticut LitTalk: Celebrate Poetry Month with Connecticut Poets

An evening with Aaron Caycedo-Kimura, Julia Morris, Summer Tate, Pegi Deitz Shea, Daniel Donaghy, Dehjah Drye
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April 27, 2021
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Virtual | Free | Registration Required
Avon Public Library

Readings by Connecticut Poet Laureate Margaret Gibson

Gibson is the author of 12 books of poems, most recently Not Hearing the Wood Thrush. Her new book, The Glass Globe, is coming out later this year. She is also the editor of Waking Up to The Earth: Connecticut Poets in a Time of Global Climate Crisis, coming out in April. She will be reading her poetry as well as talking about what it’s like to be a Poet Laureate.
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